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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Excessive  \Ex*cess"ive\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  excessif.] 
  Characterized  by  or  exhibiting,  excess;  overmuch. 
 
  Excessive  grief  [is]  the  enemy  to  the  living.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Undue;  exorbitant;  extreme;  overmuch;  enormous; 
  immoderate;  monstrous;  intemperate;  unreasonable.  See 
  {Enormous}  --{Ex*cess*ive*ly},  adv  -{Ex*cess"ive*ness}, 
  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  excessive 
  adj  1:  beyond  normal  limits;  "excessive  charges";  "a  book  of 
  inordinate  length";  "his  dress  stops  just  short  of 
  undue  elegance";  "unreasonable  demands"  [syn:  {inordinate}, 
  {undue},  {unreasonable}] 
  2:  unrestrained  in  especially  feelings;  "extravagant  praise"; 
  "exuberant  compliments";  "overweening  ambition"; 
  "overweening  greed"  [syn:  {extravagant},  {exuberant},  {overweening}] 




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